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Shehu Shagari was a Nigerian politician and minister who served as the President of Nigeria and Minister of Finance. Born in Shagari in 1925, he was a member of the Fulbe people and a follower of Sunni Islam. He spoke English, Hausa, and Nigerian Pidgin.
Shagari was a candidate in the 1983 Nigerian presidential election. He died in Abuja on December 28, 2018. His relative was Muktar Shagari.
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1925–2018
- Nationality
- NG
- Role / Field
- Presidents, Politicians, Politycy i polityczki, Poeci
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 16 libraries
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Alex Ekwueme
- Preceded by
- Olusegun Obasanjo as Military Head of State of Nigeria
- Succeeded by
- Muhammadu Buhari as Military Head of State of Nigeria
- President
- Yakubu Gowon
- Prime minister
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Shagari
- Place of death
- Abuja
- Occupation
- minister
- Position held
- Minister of Finance of Nigeria
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Image
- Shagaricropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Shehu Shagari
- date of birth
- 1925-02-25
- name in native language
- Shehu Shagari
- date of death
- 2018-12-28
- relative
- Muktar Shagari
- candidacy in election
- 1983 Nigerian presidential election
- ethnic group
- Fulbe people
- P13699
- Piero della Francesca
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details Born(1925-02-25)25 February 1925 Shagari, Northern Region, British Nigeria
Died28 December 2018(2018-12-28) (aged 93) Abuja, Nigeria
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shehu Shagari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.